Vol. VI, No. 8 August 2000

May 1970:
A Memory of Activism

by Jonathan Wallace

On May 5, 1970, I opened the New York Times as I was eating my Frosted Flakes and read that four young people had been shot to death by the National Guard during an anti-war demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio...



To Hope or Not to Hope
by The Other Israel

Has it really come? Are we now living that mythical Moment of Truth - so many times predicted and endlessly speculated about?

Writing in Digital Clay
by Lizard

In Sumer, which you'd know if you didn't go to a public school, writing was accomplished by pressing a stylus into a flat sheet of soft clay...

The Federal Death Penalty:
A Letter From Five Members of Congress

Dear Mr. President:
We write to urge you to suspend all federal executions to allow time for the creation of a national commission to review the fairness and accuracy of the administration of the federal death penalty...

The Injustice of Death:
A Speech by Tracie Lamourie

Hi, my name is Tracy Lamourie and I am a Director and Co founder of the Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty...

The Patriot: A Great Movie
by Larry Pratt

"The Patriot" starring Mel Gibson is a great movie which I highly recommend...

Letters to
The Ethical Spectacle

Write for the Spectacle! Articles on any ethical, political or legal topic will be considered, whether or not I agree with the opinions expressed.






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